Canon Patent Applications
Canon patent applications that are pending before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20220157412Abstract: A clinical trial matching apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry receives patient information. The processing circuitry retrieves a clinical trial matching the patient from clinical trials based on the patient information, by referring to storage circuitry that stores data for associating a clinical trial in which medication conditions are set with the results of the clinical trial, for the clinical trials. The processing circuitry presents the retrieved clinical trial. The processing circuitry collects, and stores in the storage circuitry, the results obtained by conducting the retrieved clinical trial on the patient and patient's clinical information. The processing circuitry updates the conditions of the retrieved clinical trial based on the clinical information, when there is clinical information that can identify a significant difference in drug efficacy in the collected clinical information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2022Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicants: National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental University, CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Sadakatsu IKEDA, Eri ISHIBASHI, Kei MORI, Fuminori FUJITA, Shoichi KANAYAMA, Kimiko YOKOTA, Naoki OOWAKI
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Publication number: 20220151592Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry determines whether or not to increase the number of beams to be compounded based on the information on the examination mode and increases the number of beams to be compounded when determining that the number of beams to be compounded is to be increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2021Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Akio GODA, Akihiro KAKEE
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Publication number: 20220151707Abstract: A puncture information processing device of an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire position information on a passage through which a puncture needle for puncturing a living body passes when an ultrasonic probe provided with the passage is inserted into the living body, and derive a body surface puncture position on a body surface of the living body to be punctured with the puncture needle passing through the passage on the basis of the acquired position information on the passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2021Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Shohei SASAKI, Tomohiro SATO, Yasushi KAMEWADA
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Publication number: 20220157770Abstract: The present invention achieves chemical bonding by means of a joined film made of oxides formed on a joined surface. In a vacuum container, amorphous oxide thin films are respectively formed on smooth surfaces of two substrates, and the two substrates overlap such that the amorphous oxide thin films formed on the two substrates come into contact with each other, thereby causing chemical bonding involving an atomic diffusion at a joined interface between the amorphous oxide thin films to join the two substrates.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2022Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicants: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, CANON ANELVA CORPORATIONInventors: Takehito SHIMATSU, Miyuki UOMOTO, Kazuo MIYAMOTO, Yoshikazu MIYAMOTO, Nobuhiko KATOH, Takayuki MORIWAKI, Takayuki SAITOH
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Publication number: 20220143888Abstract: An injection molding system includes an injection molding apparatus that performs injection molding, a first conveyor apparatus on one side of the injection molding apparatus to eject and insert a first mold through a first opening of the injection molding apparatus, and a second conveyor apparatus located on a second side of the injection molding apparatus to eject and insert a second mold through a second opening of the injection molding apparatus, where the improvement of the injection molding apparatus includes a first door to cover the first opening, a second door to cover the second opening, and a controller that prohibits injection molding with the first mold in a case where the second door is opened.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2020Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: CANON U.S.A., INC.Inventors: Koki Kodaira, Yuichi Yanahara, Yohei Minatoya
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Publication number: 20220146607Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry calculates a limit imaging condition based on one or more imaging parameters for determining an imaging condition, the limit imaging condition being an allowable limit relating to heat input to a superconducting magnet. The processing circuitry limits an input range of an imaging parameter input by an operator based on the limit imaging condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Hitoshi KANAZAWA, Seiji NOZAKI, Takehiro SHIBUYA
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Publication number: 20220148735Abstract: A medical information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a memory configured to store therein a plurality of settings about at least one of a calculation condition, a shape, a characteristic, and a fluid; and a processing circuitry configured to select at least one of the plurality of settings, to determine the selected setting as an analysis condition, and to calculate a reliability with respect to an index value that is related to a blood flow and is calculated under the analysis condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventor: Fumimasa SHIGE
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Publication number: 20220146609Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging system includes a first power supply, one or more second power supplies and control circuitry. The first power supply supplies power to a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus at a time of power outage of a commercial power supply electrically connected to the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus. The second power supplies supply the power to the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus. The control circuitry determines a state of feeding from the first power supply and the second power supplies to the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, and performs control of power consumption in the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus based on a determination result of the state of feeding.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Yohei HASHIZUME, Tomoyuki YOSHIDA, Kazuto NAKABAYASHI
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Publication number: 20220142594Abstract: A positron emission tomography (PET) apparatus according to an embodiment includes a PET detector and processing circuitry. The PET detector includes a detector ring configured with a plurality of detector modules arranged in an annular shape. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire information regarding a scan mode of a PET scan for a subject. The processing circuitry is configured to control a relative position of the detector modules in an axial direction of the detector ring based on the information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventor: Takayuki YAMAZAKI
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Publication number: 20220143984Abstract: An arrangement for supplying ink to a print bar with small pressure fluctuations may include an ink reservoir and a damping vessel. The print bar may include at least two print heads and is connected with the ink reservoir via a supply line. Each of the print heads is connected with the damping vessel via at least one damping line. The damping vessel is connected with a discharge line. The end of the damping line ends at a first height in the damping vessel. The end of the discharge line ends at a second height above the first height in the damping vessel. The arrangement may supply ink to the print bar with small gas fraction in the ink.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: Canon Production Printing Holding B.V.Inventors: Ender Olgac, Christoph Rummelsberger, Jochen Reinders
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Publication number: 20220148700Abstract: A medical treatment support apparatus according to one embodiment includes processing circuitry. About a treatment plan for a disease of a patient, the processing circuitry predicts a decision of subjects who are the patient or people who are involved with the patient and a decision of a doctor who determines the treatment plan for the subject. The processing circuitry presents information based on a result of the prediction to the doctor and at least one of the subjects.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventor: Yusuke KANO
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Publication number: 20220148740Abstract: A medical treatment support apparatus according to one embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry sets at least one reference object to be compared with a patient. The processing circuitry acquires a first index corresponding to an index expressing an influence of each of a plurality of candidate treatments for a disease on the patient, and a second index corresponding to an index expressing an influence of each of the candidate treatments on the reference object. The processing circuitry derives a relative index of the first index of each of the candidate treatments with respect to the second index. The processing circuitry presents the relative index of each of the candidate treatments.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventor: Yusuke KANO
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Publication number: 20220147768Abstract: An image data processing apparatus comprises processing circuitry configured to: receive first medical image data; obtain a first image feature data set from the first medical image data; obtain a second image feature data set from second medical image data and/or from stored image feature data; obtain style data; and generate synthesized image data based on the first image feature data set, the second image feature data set, and the style data.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicants: The University Court of the University of Edinburgh, CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Spyridon THERMOS, Sotirios TSAFTARIS, Alison O'NEIL
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Publication number: 20220146695Abstract: A radiation detector according to an embodiment includes a scintillator array, a sensor array, electronic circuitry, a switch, and control circuitry. The scintillator array includes a plurality of scintillator pixels each configured to convert radiation into light. The sensor array includes a plurality of detection elements each configured to detect the light. The electronic circuitry is configured to output digital data on the basis of signals output from the detection elements. The switch is provided between the sensor array and the electronic circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to control the switch on the basis of a positional relation between the sensor array and the scintillator array.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Go KAWATA, Tatsuo OSAKA
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Publication number: 20220143974Abstract: A controller for a print head of an inkjet printing device is described that is configured to generate a virtual timing signal during a printing pause of the printing device, and to use the virtual timing signal for the generation of pre-ejection pulses in order to produce a reliable regeneration of the nozzles of the print head during the printing pause.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: Canon Production Printing Holding B.V.Inventors: Markus Keller, Martin Wilhelm, Martin Stockmar, Florian Hitzlsperger, Christoph Rummelsberger
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Publication number: 20220146611Abstract: According to one embodiment, a MRI apparatus determines a first time during which a subsidiary power supply is capable of supplying power to a cooling device based on a capacity of the subsidiary power supply when power outage of a main power supply occurs, and determines a second time needed to demagnetize a superconducting magnet based on an excitation current of the superconducting magnet and a temperature of the superconducting magnet. The MRI apparatus determines starts ramp-down of the superconducting magnet after a third time based on the first time and the second time has elapsed from initiation of power outage of the main power supply.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Kazuto NAKABAYASHI, Takehiro SHIBUYA
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Publication number: 20220146610Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to calculate an allowable amount of heat input to a superconducting magnet, the allowable amount being allocated to each of a plurality of imagings scheduled during a target period. The processing circuitry is configured to determine an imaging condition based on the allowable amount in the each of the plurality of imagings.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Hitoshi KANAZAWA, Seiji NOZAKI, Takehiro SHIBUYA
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Publication number: 20220142596Abstract: An operation device comprises a detector configured to detect an operation on a virtual switch by an operator to operate an X-ray irradiation in an X-ray diagnosis apparatus, wherein the virtual switch is virtually set at a position settled relatively with respect to the operator and output circuitry configured to output a detection result of the operation detected by the detector to the X-ray diagnosis apparatus to be operated. This device eliminates the need for looking away from a display monitor every time the operator operates the X-ray diagnosis apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Hajime YOSHIDA, Keisuke SUGAWARA, Hiroshi YOSHIDA, Yusuke NARABU, Akio TETSUKA, Shingo ABE
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Publication number: 20220138940Abstract: A medical information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain medical images taken at a plurality of points in time. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain structures of a plurality of tissues, from medical images taken at a first point in time and at a second point in time different from the first point in time among the plurality of points in time. The processing circuitry is configured to calculate a measurement value related to a contact part between the plurality of tissues at the first point in time, on the basis of the obtained structures of the plurality of tissues at the second point in time and the obtained structures of the plurality of tissues at the first point in time.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Yukiteru MASUDA, Gakuto AOYAMA
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Publication number: 20220135362Abstract: The present invention is to provide a sheet conveying apparatus capable of reliably detecting a full-load state of a storage section for storing sheets discharged from a sheet conveyance path when an abnormality such as multi feed is detected, a sheet feed apparatus is provided with a multi feed sheet storage section disposed below a common conveyance path to store multi-fed sheets with multi feed detected, and a flap member rotating between a first rotation position for supporting a sheet in the common conveyance path to be able to convey to the downstream side in a conveyance direction, and a second rotation position for guiding to the multi feed sheet storage section, and determines that the multi feed sheet storage section is in a full-load state in detecting that the flap member does not return to the first rotation position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: CANON FINETECH NISCA INC.Inventor: Motoi ARIGA
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Publication number: 20220137171Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry configured, on a basis of one or both of (A) a parameter related to applying one of inversion and flip pulses and (B) an intensity of a slice selecting gradient magnetic field applied together with the one of the pulses in relation to selecting a slice to which the one of the pulses is applied, to determine one or both of (A) a parameter related to applying the other of the inversion and (B) flip pulses; and an intensity of the slice selecting gradient magnetic field applied together with the other of the pulses in relation to selecting a slice to which the other of the pulses is applied.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Ryohei TAKAYANAGI, Hiroki KONDO, Masaaki UMEDA, Naoyuki FURUDATE
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Publication number: 20220133169Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processing circuitry. Regarding the k-space data obtained as a result of performing multi-shot imaging that includes a plurality of shots, the processing circuitry obtains a correction coefficient, based on first-type magnetic resonance images generated using the k-space data, the correction coefficient correcting phase shifting occurring in read out direction among the plurality of shots. Then, the processing circuitry corrects the k-space data based on the correction coefficients. Moreover, the processing circuitry generates a second-type magnetic resonance image using the corrected k-space data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Shohei HAMANAGA, Mitsuhiro BEKKU
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Publication number: 20220139564Abstract: A medical data processing device according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires estimated data related to a state of a biological organ at a first timing, and actually measured data indicating the state of the biological organ at the first timing. The processing circuitry calculates a parameter based on the estimated data and the actually measured data. The processing circuitry estimates a state of the biological organ in a predetermined time phase at a second timing different from the first timing based on the parameter and the estimated data in the predetermined time phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Junichi OOIDA, Kenichi UEYAMA, Yuichiro OGUCHI, Naoki KIYOHARA, Gakuto AOYAMA
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INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM
Publication number: 20220139006Abstract: An information processing method of an embodiment is a processing method of information acquired by imaging performed by a medical image diagnostic apparatus, the information processing method includes the steps of: acquiring noise data by imaging a phantom using a medical imaging apparatus; based on first subject projection data acquired by the imaging performed by a medical image diagnostic modality of a same kind as the medical image diagnostic apparatus and the noise data, acquiring synthesized subject data in which noise based on the noise data is added to the first subject projection data; and acquiring a noise reduction processing model by machine learning using the synthesized subject data and second subject projection data acquired by the imaging performed by the medical image diagnostic modality.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Masakazu MATSUURA, Yujie LU, Jian ZHOU, Zhou YU, Liang CAI, Ting XIA -
Publication number: 20220139528Abstract: An analysis support apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires a medical image that a patient is imaged. The processing circuitry specifies non-image information related to the medical image out of a plurality of pieces of non-image information regarding the patient. The processing circuitry outputs an analysis result of the medical image using the specified non-image information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Shinya NISHITAKA, Kazumasa ARAKITA, Masahiro YOSHIWAKI
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Publication number: 20220135815Abstract: An aqueous ink composition includes a film-forming retardation additive, which enhances the pigment efficiency in the ink composition. A method for making such an ink and a method of printing with such an ink are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: Canon Production Printing Holding B.V.Inventors: Marcel A.P.W.E. LEPPENS, Roy W.N. EVERS
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Publication number: 20220133276Abstract: A medical image processing device according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry detects a contrast medium from a medical image. The processing circuitry sets a first region of interest and a second region of interest in the medical image. The processing circuitry calculates a density ratio between a density of the contrast medium included in the first region of interest and a density of the contrast medium included in the second region of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Yu IGARASHI, Masaki WATANABE
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Publication number: 20220134783Abstract: A method of handling a sheet defect error in a duplex print process, wherein media sheets are successively supplied along a feed path and are moved past a print engine where a first image is printed on a first side of each sheet in a first print pass, the sheets are then returned, via a duplex loop that contains a sheet flipping mechanism, to the feed path upstream of the print engine so that a second image can be printed on a second side of each sheet in a second print pass, the finished sheets being then discharged in a predetermined page sequence, and wherein, when a sheet defect is found a first print pass of a sheet, the defective sheet is diverted into an eject path downstream of the print engine, and a print pass for an immediate successor of the defective sheet is skipped.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: Canon Production Printing Holding B.V.Inventors: Harm R. HAAN, Daniel J.W. LINDENAAR, Henricus J.A. VAN DE SANDE
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Publication number: 20220139729Abstract: A load lock device includes a load lock chamber including a first conveyance port connected to a transfer chamber connected to a reduced-pressure processing device, and a second conveyance port connected to a loader chamber; a substrate holder configured to hold a substrate in the load lock chamber; a driving mechanism arranged below the load lock chamber to move the substrate holder up and down and connected to the substrate holder via a connecting member; an extension chamber extended from a lower portion of the load lock chamber to a side; and a pump arranged below the extension chamber and configured to discharge a gas in the load lock chamber via the extension chamber. The extension chamber includes a bottom surface with an opening at a position deviated from a vertically lower position of the substrate holder, and the pump is connected to the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: Canon Anelva CorporationInventors: Jun MIURA, Naoya FUKUDA, Shuji KUMAGAI, Shinji TAKAGI, Tetsuro TODA, Hidetoshi SHIMOKAWA, Satoshi NEGISHI, Satoshi NOMURA, Junya SOEDA
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Publication number: 20220139761Abstract: A load lock device includes a load lock chamber, and a substrate holding structure configured to hold a substrate in the load lock chamber, wherein the substrate holding structure includes a facing surface facing the substrate, and is configured to allow a gas to flow through a space between the substrate and the facing surface, and in a state in which the substrate is held by the substrate holding structure, a distance between the substrate and a portion located inside an outer edge of the facing surface is larger than a distance between the substrate and the outer edge of the facing surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: Canon Anelva CorporationInventors: Jun MIURA, Naoya FUKUDA, Shinji TAKAGI, Hidetoshi SHIMOKAWA
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Publication number: 20220139686Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus that processes a substrate using particles, includes a conveyance mechanism configured to convey the substrate along a conveyance surface, a particle source configured to emit particles, a rotation mechanism configured to make the particle source pivot about a rotation axis, and a movement mechanism configured to move the particle source such that a distance between the particle source and the conveyance surface is changed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: Canon Anelva CorporationInventors: Yuji TAKANAMI, Kento NOROTA, Naoyuki OKAMOTO, Yasuo KATO, Yasushi YASUMATSU
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Publication number: 20220130520Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for patient-specific optimization of imaging protocols. According to an embodiment, the present disclosure relates to a method for generating a patient-specific imaging protocol, comprising acquiring scout scan data, the scout scan data including scout scan information and scout scan parameters, generating a simulated image based on the acquired scout scan data, deriving a simulated dose map from the generated simulated image, determining image quality of the generated simulated image by applying machine learning to the generated simulated image, the neural network being trained to generate at least one probabilistic quality representation corresponding to at least one region of the generated simulated image, evaluating the determined image quality relative to a image quality threshold and the derived simulated dose map relative to a dosage threshold, optimizing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2020Publication date: April 28, 2022Applicants: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, University Health NetworkInventors: Ting XIA, Zhou YU, Patrik ROGALLA, Bernice HOPPEL
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Publication number: 20220126119Abstract: A radiation therapy apparatus of an embodiment allows radiation to be applied while rotating a gantry and controls irradiation and stop of the radiation during the rotation of the gantry based on respiration of a treatment subject, and includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry detects the respiration of the treatment subject. The processing circuitry predicts an administration dose based on a respiratory phase range in which the radiation is applied in the respiration of the treatment subject, and changes at least one or both of a dose rate of the radiation to be applied to the treatment subject and a rotation speed of the gantry so that the administration dose reaches a target dose. The processing circuitry performs control according to the change with respect to at least one or both of the dose rate of the radiation and the rotation speed of the gantry.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2021Publication date: April 28, 2022Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventor: Satoru OHISHI
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Publication number: 20220128488Abstract: A method and a system for providing calibration for a photon counting detector forward model for material decomposition. The flux independent weighted bin response function is estimated using the expectation maximization method, and then used to estimate the pileup correction terms at each tube voltage setting for each detector pixel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2022Publication date: April 28, 2022Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Xiaohui ZHAN, Xiaofeng NIU
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Publication number: 20220130556Abstract: A health management apparatus according to an embodiment is provided with processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire vital data and activity history information of a subject. The processing circuitry is configured to estimate a disease candidate of the subject based on the acquired vital data and the acquired activity history information. The processing circuitry is configured to cause a display, a speaker, or a terminal to output a notification regarding the estimated disease candidate or an interview item for determining a disease of the subject from the disease candidate. The activity history information includes at least information on a temperature of a space around the subject, information on a movement history of the subject, and a history of position information of the subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2021Publication date: April 28, 2022Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Fuminori FUJITA, Yuichi KAWABATA, Kei MORI, Junko SHIBATA
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Publication number: 20220127685Abstract: A nucleic acid detection system according to an embodiment is a nucleic acid detection system to detect a target nucleic acid in a sample and includes a thermal inactivation chamber, an amplification chamber, and a detection chamber, all of which constitute a liquid flow path. In this system, liquid flows through the thermal inactivation chamber, the amplification chamber, and the detection chamber sequentially. The thermal inactivation chamber includes a reagent to thermally inactivate and decompose the sample. The amplification chamber includes a reagent to amplify the target nucleic acid. The detection chamber includes a test strip to conduct a Cas enzyme reaction with the target nucleic acid and a lateral flow detection.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2021Publication date: April 28, 2022Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Chang TAN, Hao HUANG, Qiqi XU
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Publication number: 20220130543Abstract: A medical information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires a first diagnostic result by a clinical decision support system before learning of first data, a second diagnostic result by the clinical decision support system after learning of the first data, a diagnostic result by a doctor, and the first data. The processing circuitry extracts an example that is subjected to an influence of updating of the clinical decision support system by a prescribed criterion or more as an example to be presented. The processing circuitry outputs the example to be presented in association with a diagnosis influence degree indicator indicating a degree of an influence that the clinical decision support system exerts on diagnosis by the doctor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2021Publication date: April 28, 2022Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Kazumasa NORO, Yusuke KANO, Anri SATO, Minoru NAKATSUGAWA
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Publication number: 20220120835Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry obtains a first g factor generated by using first magnetic resonance data acquired through a first parallel imaging process performed by using a plurality of reception coils and a second g factor generated by using second magnetic resonance data related to a second parallel imaging process performed by using the plurality of reception coils. The second parallel imaging process is different from the first parallel imaging process. The processing circuitry adjusts the first g factor so as to reduce a difference between the first g factor and the second g factor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventor: Mitsuhiro BEKKU
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Publication number: 20220119774Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method for the establishment of an induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell includes a suspension liquid feeding step, an inducing factor feeding step, and an establishing step. The suspension liquid feeding step feeds a suspension liquid containing a target cell. The inducing factor feeding step feeds an inducing factor to a trap. The trap traps the target cell contained in the suspension liquid fed in the suspension liquid feeding step. The establishing step establishes an iPS cell by introducing the inducing factor, which has been fed to the trap, into the target cell trapped by the trap.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventor: Katsuaki DEGUCHI
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Publication number: 20220122257Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus according to an embodiment is a medical image processing apparatus that generates image data to be used in a trained model trained with image data acquired by a second apparatus, from image data acquired by a first apparatus and that includes a first obtaining unit and a first generating unit. The first obtaining unit is configured to obtain first patient image data obtained by the first apparatus by imaging a patient. The first generating unit is configured to generate, by using a first generative model and from the first patient image data, intermediate image data in which a characteristic of first image data acquired by the first apparatus has been deleted and is configured to generate, by using a second generative model and from the intermediate image data, second patient image data having a characteristic of second image data acquired by the second apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Daigo OKUHATA, Tatsuo MAEDA, Yosuke OKUBO, Kyoko SATO
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Publication number: 20220113437Abstract: A method of normalizing detector elements in an imaging system is described herein. The method includes a line source that is easier to handle for a user, and decouples the normalization of the detector elements into a transaxial domain and an axial domain in order to isolate errors due to positioning of the line source. Additional simulations are performed to augment the real scanner normalization. A simulation of a simulated line source closely matching the real line source can be performed to isolate errors due to physical properties of the crystals and position of the crystals in the system, wherein the simulated detector crystals are otherwise modeled uniformly. A simulation of a simulated cylinder source can be performed to determine errors due to other effects stemming from gaps between the detector crystals.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Wenyuan QI, Yi QIANG, Evren ASMA, Xiaoli LI, Li YANG, Peng PENG, Jeffrey KOLTHAMMER
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Publication number: 20220113330Abstract: An automatic analyzer includes a cleaning pool, a discharge port, a waste fluid pipe, a valve, and a guiding unit. The cleaning pool is used to clean a predetermined member with a fluid. The discharge port discharges the fluid. The waste fluid pipe connects the cleaning pool and the discharge port. The valve is disposed to the waste fluid pipe. The guiding unit guides a cleaning fluid to the cleaning pool via the waste fluid pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Takafumi FUJIWARA, Takashi YOSHIMURA, Takeshi KINPARA, Shohei KAWASHIMA, Tomoaki KURANO, Takahiro OMORI
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Publication number: 20220110600Abstract: A deep learning (DL) convolution neural network (CNN) reduces noise in positron emission tomography (PET) images, and is trained using a range of noise levels for the low-quality images having high noise in the training dataset to produce uniform high-quality images having low noise, independently of the noise level of the input image. The DL-CNN network can be implemented by slicing a three-dimensional (3D) PET image into 2D slices along transaxial, coronal, and sagittal planes, using three separate 2D CNN networks for each respective plane, and averaging the outputs from these three separate 2D CNN networks. Feature-oriented training can be implemented by segmenting each training image into lesion and background regions, and, in the loss function, applying greater weights to voxels in the lesion region. Other medical images (e.g. MRI and CT) can be used to enhance resolution of the PET images and provide partial volume corrections.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Applicant: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Chung CHAN, Jian ZHOU, Evren ASMA
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Publication number: 20220110602Abstract: A method of imaging includes obtaining a first image including projection data representing an intensity of X-rays detected by a plurality of detectors at a first X-ray exposure setting, the X-rays being emitted from an X-ray source; based on a detection result of a first object in the first image: determining a background region of interest (ROI) around the first object, the background ROI including background ROI pixels having a first intensity value corresponding to the intensity of the X-rays; and converting, for each pixel of the background ROI pixels, the first intensity values of the background ROI pixels to a normalized X-ray attenuation factor; and determining a second X-ray exposure setting for use in obtaining a second image based on the background ROI pixels converted to the normalized X-ray attenuation factor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2020Publication date: April 14, 2022Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Weifeng SHANG, Joseph MANAK, John BAUMGART
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Publication number: 20220110584Abstract: A dosage regimen supporting apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry estimates the symptom of the side effect of a patient as a dosage target of a therapeutic agent and the timing of onset of the symptom in the next dosage period of the therapeutic agent based on biological information or report information of the patient related to the symptom of the side effect and the timing of onset of the symptom, and attribute information of the patient. The processing circuitry outputs a suggestion related to content and a timing of treatment for dealing with the side effect based on the biological information or the report information, and an estimation result.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventor: Junichi TAKAZAWA
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Publication number: 20220114783Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to render an image from volumetric image data based on illumination from at least one simulated light source. The illumination is determined from a current portion of light intensity and at least one trailing portion of light intensity if a position or other property of the at least one simulated light source is changed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2020Publication date: April 14, 2022Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventor: Magnus WAHRENBERG
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Publication number: 20220104781Abstract: A nuclear medicine diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes a positron emission tomography (PET) detector, a scatterer, and processing circuitry. The scatterer is provided inside the PET detector. The processing circuitry detects a gamma ray scattered by the scatterer with the PET detector to identify a single event.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventor: Manabu TESHIGAWARA
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Publication number: 20220104784Abstract: A medical image diagnostic apparatus of an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry executes a scan based on a protocol designated by a user. The processing circuitry extracts a candidate protocol to be executed next to the protocol, based on protocol order information in which identification information that indicates each of a plurality of candidate protocols that can be executed starting from a specific protocol, and order information in which each candidate protocol is executed, are correlated with each other. The processing circuitry outputs the extracted candidate protocol.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoyuki NETABAYASHI, Masaki YOSHIDA, Kazuki GATAYAMA
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Publication number: 20220108801Abstract: A diagnosis and treatment support system according to an embodiment has a storage apparatus and processing circuitry. The storage apparatus stores a trained model that infers information related to a state of a patient from an examination value for a predetermined examination item. On the basis of correlations between examination values for plural examination items included in diagnosis and treatment information on plural patients, the processing circuitry calculates a conversion function that enables statistical derivation of a value from an examination value or values for one or plural examination items, and generates, on the basis of an inference obtained by inputting an examination value for an examination item included in diagnosis and treatment information on a target patient into the trained model, support information for supporting diagnosis and treatment of the target patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Yudai YAMAZAKI, Longxun PIAO, Kosuke ARITA
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Publication number: 20220107379Abstract: An MR signal processing apparatus according to one embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry inputs a plurality of MRS signals acquired by MR spectroscopy on the same target to a trained model, and outputs a parameter for MRS reconstruction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventor: Hidenori TAKESHIMA